Description
A leading media firm are looking to take on an experienced finance professional to take on reporting and FP&A processes for their online subscription business whilst the company undergoes significant change
Requirements
- Review business performance (monthly reviews) and be able to summarise key trends and issues for consolidated group reporting
- Review business unit forecast assumptions, be able to challenge and summarise key trends and issues for consolidated group forecasts
- Review functional activity costs and performance against continuous improvement targets.
- Prepare slides for group presentations (monthly reports, quarterly reforecast and ad hoc requests)
- Review business cases for new investments or acquisitions (see also projects)
- Financial modelling - support business units with financial modelling for investment decisions and other areas
Oversight of compliance and controls activities and reporting - Preparation of ad hoc analysis for group reporting (eg cash forecasts, risk and opportunity analysis)
- Support senior executives in business decisions (CEO, HR, Strategy/Bus Dev and others)
- Support the finance team with any changes in group reporting requirements and the implementation of such changes to business units.
- Projects - support the finance team in following areas
Finance Transformation project - various work streams underway including
- Preparation for common global finance processes and systems
- Document existing processes and identify key gaps and changes needed to get to common best practice processes
Development of detailed plans for implementation of centre of excellence for FP&A - Development of detailed plans for implementation of shared service centre for transactional finance activities.
Development of detailed plans for implementation of global finance systems - Investment decisions, M&A activities - provide finance support as required
- Continuous improvements - support the central finance team and wider group to develop process improvements and efficiencies.
Experience
- Global business environment
- Direct engagement with senior business leaders and demonstrable ability to challenge decisions and assumptions
Able to work on a standalone basis (preparing work in excel, Powerpoint etc, use of financial systems given training as required (HFM) - Demonstrated ability to drive change
- Communication skills